Into The Garage

My little Honda Fit provided the muscle to push the now-motorless shell into the garage.

In place - now the fun begins.

Up,

Up,

and Away!

Off goes the old vinyl...

Up on the Rotisserie

After a bit of fiddling, the car is now spinning freely on the rotisserie.
Now it's time to start the stripping!

Hood

Seems to clean up ok - I'll keep it and we'll see when the car is closer to being ready...

Oh God... Not another one...

When your car sags by 5 inches when you open the doors, it's not a good car...







Yep - yet another orphan TR7 has come my way. My wife is.... not pleased. This one, however is a true piece of junk, with a few exceptions. The car came with 2 hoods, and despite the astounding amount of rust on it, it should clean up nicely. I'll be painting it with Rust Bullet to see what happens...

The best of 3 hoods?!

Colours.

I've decided to paint the car as a replica of the 1976-1978 Tr7 Rally car. The Victory Edition was built as a tribute to their rally wins, and as it will now be once again 'leading the pack' I figure it'll be cute.

Let's not forget that the decals and stripes can hide some of my expected ripples..

The beginning...

The very next day after I finally pulled my TR7v8 out of my garage after its 2 year conversion, I receive a call to come get another TR7. Thinking it's just a parts car, I pick it up and yeah - it IS just a parts car, but it's actually a pretty rare beast - about 3500 Victory Edition TR7's were built. I really, REALLY don't want another TR7 and I definately don't want one with the same 4 cylinder as my orange one pre-conversion, so I start looking. For some reason, I decide that the best idea is a TR7-EV. With gas as it is, it should be a 3-year payback.

The poor car has been stationary for the last 20 years, but despite that it's actually in fairly good condition. Step 1 is going to be an engine removal and a cleanup to see what I have to work with.